Friday, June 27, 2025

Friday Smiles 2025 #Week 26


Hi all. A very quick one today. We had a very busy weekend. On Saturday our second son, Mike, and his two oldest children, my first grandchildren, came down on the train to visit us. It was a day of happy chatter, food and sunshine.

The next day we were up early on a train to Bognor Regis on the South coast. We had a reunion with some of Chris' family. His brother was over from America with his wife and one of our neices arranged a get together. Again the sun shone for us and it was lovely for Chris to meet up with his brother. We last saw him when we went to Arizona to visit them some twenty plus years ago.

It was also good to catch up with these three, our nieces and nephew who are the children of Chris' sister. My boys grew up with them but again it is many years since we saw them last.
On Wednesday I went to Borough Market with my son Jim. We both love it there. Lots of interesting food stalls and take away meals to choose from. We both had to be careful. It is easy to get carried away there! I took a photo of a girl preparing jack fruit. We saw these when we were in Thailand, but they seem to be gaining popularity here now as meat alternative in vegetarian food.

And that is all I have time for today. We came to Oswestry yesterday and are staying with Mike until Saturday, and we have five house viewings to get to.

So I will leave it there for now and quickly get over to link with Annie's Friday Smiles. I will get to everyone to visit but I am not sure when. 

5 comments:

  1. What lovely family catchups. Life should be filled with days like that.
    Hugs,
    Annie x

    ReplyDelete
  2. How wonderful to catch up with family - always special times.
    Your life certainly sounds busy at the moment - in fact, with the house sale and move, you have been busy most of the year.
    Blessings
    Maxine

    ReplyDelete
  3. Oh yes, you have been busy! How wonderful for Chris to see his brother again.
    I've never seen Jack fruit. How interesting. They must contain proteins if they're a substitute for meat.
    I hope the house viewings go well.
    Have a lovely weekend,
    Lisca

    ReplyDelete
  4. Look at you. Since we last "talked," you found homes for your cats, sold your home in Spain, moved your furnishings to England, navigated the administrative move, found doctors, etc., visited various places like London, visited the theater, and are staying with family while looking for your new home. Plus you are meeting with family this week. What an amazing time you have had. I SO enjoyed catching up on your incredibly active life/retirement! Hope you have good news for us next week!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Looks like a wonderful new start in the UK with family meetups and all!And then great weather on top! Lovely! Have a great week x

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for visiting my blog. Your comments are appreciated.